When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.

Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.

"As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America," the Interior Department stated in a statement last week. Google responded by noting that the change complies with its longstanding policy of aligning map labeling with updates in official government databases.

The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.

A supermajority of Americans don’t approve of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” according to the results of a new poll. Around 70% of respondents to the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey opposed the move, with 25% of respondents supporting it. The rest were unsure.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her government will send a letter to Google after the internet giant said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the United States.

Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to Trump’s executive order.

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuked Google’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps in a Wednesday press conference. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all government references,

A move to have Arkansas recognize the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has died in committee Wednesday morning.

Changing maps to say "Gulf of America" doesn't change history, and likely won't change what most people call the massive basin